Birth at the hospital in Thomonde

By Julie Megler
Thomonde, HAITI–Tonight officially marks the closure of our trip. Tomorrow will be our last day in the field. Today brought yet another highlight for all of us. A little more than a year ago, Zami Lasante (Partner’s in Health), opened an umbrella hospital in Thomonde. The hospital was miraculous; [...]

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Community health in Haiti

By Julie Megler
Thomonde, Haiti–The seventh evening of our adventure and we’re indulging in our nightly ritual of counting pills as we listen to music off of Gaby’s Ipod. There are thousands of them by the bottle. The whole process is meditatively monotonous, and we spend about two hours each evening preparing medications and [...]

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Home visits in the Central Plateau

By Julie Megler
Central Plateau, HAITI–Today we split into two groups, half of us continued with another round of house visits and half visited one of the local schools.  The house visits began with another rally post.  We stood in thatched roofed structure with five or six rows of benches facing a 10 by 15 foot [...]

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A clinic in Marmont

By Julie Megler
Marmont, HAITI–Once again we found ourselves being tossed around like a bunch of hot potatoes in the back of the Medishare truck. We were accompanying Anna and Theresa, Medishare’s Cuban doctor and nurse, to the clinic in Marmont. We arrived to an overflowing crowd of men, women, and children dressed with [...]

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University of Miami nursing students attend an immunization rally post in Haiti’s central plateau

University of Miami Nursing student Julie Megler vaccinates a child at an immunization rally post in Circa, Haiti. Photo by Gabrielle Denis.
By Julie Megler
Circa, HAITI–Today we got a chance to see what community health really means first hand. We traveled to a “Rally Post” in the village of Circa. A rally [...]

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Arriving in Thomonde

By Julie Megler
After a grueling three hours of waiting for a new part to fix a mechanical problem in our American Airlines flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Port Au Prince, and a short hour and twenty minute flight we found ourselves eagerly holding our passports in Haiti’s customs line. Once through customs it was [...]

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University of Miami nursing students visit Haiti’s central plateau

 As part of the University of Miami nursing program, the university’s nursing students travel outside the United States for field work. This week they are traveling to Thomonde, Haiti to work with Project Medishare’s in country staff, doctors, nurses and health agents.
During their time in Haiti’s central plateau they will participate in all aspects of [...]

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